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Ralph Richardson
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Ralph Richardson - what members say
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Excellent 27 February 2005
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TOP MOVIE !!! 28 January 2006
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Pretty Good Hammer Horror 10 March 2007
Ralph Richardson - filmography
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Give My Regards to Broad Street
(1984)
Starring: Paul McCartney, Bryan Brown, Ringo Starr
Director: Peter Webb
Certificate: 
An engaging musical fantasy about a famous rock star who discovers that the master tapes from his latest album have been stolen. During his frantic search, a number of popular songs are performed, including "Yesterday," "Here, There and Everywhere," and "Eleanor Rigby."
 
70%
from 4 members
Currently unavailable
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Wagner - Movie
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud
Director: Tony Palmer
Certificate: 
A seven-hour epic film of the life of the composer Richard Wagner. The musical score is performed by the London, Vienna and Budapest Philharmonic Orchestras, conducted by Sir Georg Solti.
58%
from 268 members
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Time Bandits - Blu-ray
(1980)
Starring: Shelley Duvall, Ian Holm, Katherine Helmond
Director: Terry Gilliam
Certificate: 
Born from the brilliant minds of Monty Python's Terry Gilliam and
Michael Palin, Time Bandits is a British masterstroke in fantasy
adventure. When a young boy's wardrobe shapeshifts into the gateway of
another world, he finds himself embroiled in a series of eccentric
encounters with famous ..read more »
69%
from 770 members
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Time Bandits
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Shelley Duvall, Ian Holm, Katherine Helmond
Director: Terry Gilliam
Certificate:
Plunging headfirst into history, director Terry Gilliam fearlessly brings the logic of children's fairy tales to bear as he navigates through myth and legend in a bizarre, ingenious retelling of THE WIZARD OF OZ. A boy and six good-natured little persons careen through time-twisting interactions ..read more »
69%
from 12,663 members
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Watership Down
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson
Director: Martin Rosen
Certificate: 
Unique in the annals of animated films, Watership Down is a serious, even grim tale that many will find relentless and depressing and others will find poetic and moving. It doesn't pull any punches. Death -- violent, disturbing death -- is ever present, portrayed in a manner that is astonishingly ..read more »
69%
from 6,454 members
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Watership Down - Blu-ray
(1978)
Starring: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson
Director: Martin Rosen
Certificate:
In this animated adaptation of Richard Adams's classic novel, a family of rabbits face danger as they search for a new home and personal freedom. WATERSHIP DOWN, featuring the vocal talents of Sir Ralph Richardson, John Hurt, and others, is a highly regarded family film, but it's not necessarily ..read more »
79%
from 126 members
Currently unavailable
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Rollerball
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams
Director: Norman Jewison
Certificate:
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In the year 2018 violence has been outlawed and corporations have replaced government as the ruling party following the demise of politics. With the absence of war or conflict, a forcibly passive population's bloodlust is satisfied by a brutal new sport known as Rollerball. A high-octane melding of ..read more »
62%
from 2,270 members
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O Lucky Man!
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Arthur Lowe, Ralph Richardson
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Certificate:
Lindsay Anderson, working again with Malcolm McDowell and Robert Sherwin, continues his comic comment on corruption in British society when Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), the school boy from IF. . ., sets out, like a modern Candide, to make his way in the business world. Anderson stretches the ..read more »
71%
from 1,126 member
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Eagle In A Cage
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Kenneth Haigh
Director: Fielder Cook
Certificate:
Fielder Cook brings an intimacy to his direction of EAGLE IN A CAGE. This underrated film stars Kenneth Haigh as Napoleon Bonaparte, in his years of exile on St. Helena. The story is told from the point of view of the island's governor (John Gielgud), a former schoolteacher who finds greatness ..read more »
39%
from 24 members
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Home
(1971)
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Mona Washbourne, John Gielgud
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Certificate:
Two irrepressible legends of the British stage lend elegance, wit and pathos to this touching and tender play about the fragility of mind and the strength of the human spirit. Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson are among the small congregation of ageing residents whiling away a breezy ..read more »
56%
from 122 members
Currently unavailable
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Battle Of Britain - Blu-ray
(1969)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Robert Shaw
Director: Guy Hamilton
Certificate:
A powerful, colourful and star-studded re-creation of the epic 1940 battle that took place in the skies over England. Surprised and understaffed, the British forces used determination and guile to valiantly hold off the superior forces of the German Luftwaffe in the early days of World War II. If ..read more »
78%
from 352 members
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Battle Of Britain
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Robert Shaw
Director: Guy Hamilton
Certificate:
A powerful, colourful and star-studded re-creation of the epic 1940 battle that took place in the skies over England. Surprised and understaffed, the British forces used determination and guile to valiantly hold off the superior forces of the German Luftwaffe in the early days of World War II. If ..read more »
73%
from 5,155 members
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Khartoum
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson
Director: Basil Dearden
Certificate:
The Arab leader Mahdi is involved in a battle of wits and swords with the British General "Chinese" Gordon which leads to the epic siege of Khartoum. Academy Award Nominations: Best (Original) Story and Screenplay.
67%
from 683 members
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The Wrong Box
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Michael Caine, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
Director: Bryan Forbes
Certificate:
Years before the story proper in THE WRONG BOX gets under way, a 'tontine' is drawn up on behalf several young British boys. Each of the boys' parents had placed £1,000 in a pool, to be invested and expanded upon. The resultant fortune will go to the last surviving member of the tontine. A series ..read more »
63%
from 346 members
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300 Spartans
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker
Director: Rudolph Maté
Certificate:
The small army of Sparta attempts to put off an attack by Persian forces which greatly outnumbered the Spartans. Led by King Leonidis, the Spartans army consisted primarily of a security force who guarded the palace, together they will fight to the finish.
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from 915 members
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Exodus
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Benson
Director: Otto Preminger
Certificate:
Based on Leon Uris' sweeping novel, "Exodus" is the epic saga of the founding of Israel in the days following World War II. Paul Newman stars as an Israeli resistance fighter, a member of the Hagannah, involved in the effort to bring a group of 600 European Jews from British-blockaded Cyprus into ..read more »
62%
from 660 members
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Richard III
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson
Director: Laurence Olivier
Certificate:
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Soon after Edward IV is crowned King, his brother, Richard, a hunchback, twisted in mind as well as body, starts scheming for the throne of England. He woos and wins Lady Anne and then poisons Edward's mind against their brother, Clarence, later organising his death. But even after his coronation, ..read more »
64%
from 846 members
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Sound Barrier
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick
Director: David Lean
Certificate:
Directed by David Lean (LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI), THE SOUND BARRIER charts the life of a fighter pilot who marries into a wealthy family; a family that are developing technology in order to break the sound barrier.
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from 139 members
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Outcast Of The Islands
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Trevor Howard, Robert Morley
Director: Carol Reed
Certificate:
Adapted from The Joseph Conrad novel of the same name, 1952’s inimitable Outcast Of The Islands, directed by Oscar® winning director Carol Reed (The Third Man, Oliver!), feature Trevor Howard (Brief Encounter, The Third Man) as Willems and Ralph Richardson (Peer Gynt, Falstaff) as Lingard. Peter ..read more »
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from 8 members
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The Heiress
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Olivia De Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson
Director: William Wyler
Certificate:
In 1840's New York Catherine lives with her father, Dr. Sloper, a physician. Her mother died some years before, and Dr. Sloper still idolizes her. He never misses an opportunity to compare his daughter to her - a comparison the daughter cannot win. When Morris Townsend, a handsome but penniless ..read more »
72%
from 584 members
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The Fallen Idol
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Michele Morgan, Dora Bryan
Director: Carol Reed
Certificate:
In this thriller with a twist, the great Ralph Richardson portrays a kindly butler who is falsely accused of murder. The only person who can save him is a small boy, who unwittingly makes the innocent man appear guilty. Graham Greene adapted his own short story into an award-winning screenplay.
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from 824 members
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Anna Karenina
(1947)
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kieron Moore
Director: Julien Duvivier
Certificate:
Vivien Leigh stars as Anna Karenina, Tolstoy's enduring tragic heroine. Anna leaves her socialite husband behind for a more exciting military officer. In search of a meaningful relationship as well as an exciting and more adventurous life, Anna goes through a string of emotions when she becomes the ..read more »
60%
from 267 members
Not currently released
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The Day Will Dawn
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: Hugh Williams, Griffith Jones, Deborah Kerr
Director: Harold French
Certificate:
This exciting British wartime film celebrates the heroism of the Norwegian resistance movement in fighting Nazi invaders. With a distinguished cast and a script by TERENCE RATTIGAN, "The Day Will Dawn" is the story of a British foreign correspondent sent to report on U-boat attacks against ..read more »
62%
from 38 members
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The Four Feathers
on DVD
(1939)
Starring: Allan Jeayes, Jack Allen, Frederick Culley
Director: Zoltan Korda
Certificate:
Taunted by his friends and his lover for cowardice, a soldier (John Clements) heads for the distant war in Egypt on a mission to redeem himself. Alexander Korda offers the original adaptation of A. E. W. Mason's 1902 novel, directing a stunning cast to create an adventure classic. Academy Award ..read more »
65%
from 592 members
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Q Planes
on DVD
(1939)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson
Director: Tim Whelan, Arthur B. Woods
Certificate:
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Major Hammond of Scotland Yard (Ralph Richardson) is called to investigate the mysterious disappearance of prototype British aeroplanes when on their test flights. At first Hammond is seen as an outsider at the factory, but he soon finds a friend in star pilot Tony McVane (Laurence Olivier) who ..read more »
66%
from 57 members
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Things To Come - Blu-ray
(1936)
Starring: Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd
Director: William Cameron Menzies
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
A visually sweeping sci-fi classic full of futuristic vistas and modern cityscapes, based on the story by H.G. Wells and written for the screen by Wells. Beginning before World War II and travelling to 2036 AD, this journey predicts a host of modernities before following a rocketship to the moon. ..read more »
20%
from 1 member
Not available for rental
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Things To Come
(1936)
Starring: Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd
Director: William Cameron Menzies
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
H. G. Wells was both the author of the original source -- an essay, rather than an actual novel, concerning mankind's future -- and the screenplay (in conjunction with Lajos Biro) of this epic science fiction tale, but it was producer Alexander Korda who framed the terms on which it is presented, ..read more »
67%
from 580 members
Currently unavailable
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The Return Of Bulldog Drummond
on DVD
(1934)
Starring: Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Joyce Kennedy
Director: Walter Summers
Certificate:
Retired British military officer Capt. Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond (Ralph Richardson) is the leader of the "Black Clan", a secret organisation crusading to rid England of crime by means of a purge against foreign undesirables. When World Peace Conference delegate Brunel is assassinated it is up to ..read more »
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from 25 members
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... could do with a little digital restoration but Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson and Claire Bloom made renting this movie the bargain of the year for me. Yes th...
